[Football] France vs Belgium World Cup Semi-final

[Triggaaar]

Kick off at 7

 

[Giraffe]

I think we can all agree that it's irrelevant who wins because either way football is coming home.

BUT if the footballing gods are truly looking down on us, a bruising encounter which goes to extra time with the winning team limping home despite having had five players injured and two red cards would be very welcome.

My money is firmly on France to win, but I'll be cheering on Belgium I think as they have less to scare us up front than France I'd say.

 

[Icy Gull]

I am watching this on a big screen in a French village tonight. I am an Allen Les Bleus fan tonight. I hope I am not one on Sunday too

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

I think we can all agree that it's irrelevant who wins because either way football is coming home.

BUT if the footballing gods are truly looking down on us, a bruising encounter which goes to extra time with the winning team limping home despite having had five players injured and two red cards would be very welcome.

My money is firmly on France to win, but I'll be cheering on Belgium I think as they have less to scare us up front than France I'd say.

Let's just concentrate on our own semi-final tomorrow first please?

 

[Triggaaar]

BUT if the footballing gods are truly looking down on us, a bruising encounter which goes to extra time with the winning team limping home despite having had five players injured and two red cards would be very welcome.

Indeed, I'd like to see doctors saving the lives of the key members of the winning team, who will return home tomorrow as heroes.

Let's just concentrate on our own semi-final tomorrow first please?

Oh yeah.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

I think we can all agree that it's irrelevant who wins because either way football is coming home.

BUT if the footballing gods are truly looking down on us, a bruising encounter which goes to extra time with the winning team limping home despite having had five players injured and two red cards would be very welcome.

My money is firmly on France to win, but I'll be cheering on Belgium I think as they have less to scare us up front than France I'd say.

Completely the opposite, in my opinion. De Bruyne. Hazard and Lukaku are as good a front three as it gets in international football.

I'll be watching in France. A France v England final would be brilliant.

 

[Giraffe]

Let's just concentrate on our own semi-final tomorrow first please?

Odd comment in the other semi final thread!

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I think we can all agree that it's irrelevant who wins because either way football is coming home.

OP don't do agreeing. He could - and would - start an argument in an empty room just for the sake of it

 

[Gabbafella]

Really torn between who I want to win.
Let's say we get to the final (of course we will, it's coming home of course) I keep thinking Belgium is the easier of the two, but then I start thinking about De Bruyne and Hazard and it scares the crap out of me. But I think France are a little pacier (?) And more of a threat up front so I really can't decide.

 

[Giraffe]

Really torn between who I want to win.
Let's say we get to the final (of course we will, it's coming home of course) I keep thinking Belgium is the easier of the two, but then I start thinking about De Bruyne and Hazard and it scares the crap out of me. But I think France are a little pacier (?) And more of a threat up front so I really can't decide.

For me I fear the pace of France more than I fear the talent of De Bruyne and Hazard. I think they are known quantities to us and our players will have played against them several times. The French attack is raw pace and more unknown, it scares me just thinking about it. But of course football is still coming home.

 

[Megazone]

I think Belgium are the better of the 2. France look very machine like in their style of football, something England might be able to cope better with than Belgium's individual brilliance.

 

[BensGrandad]

I will stick with my pre-tournament prediction that France will beat Belgium in the semis and we will beat France in the final.

 

[Whitechapel]

France win please.

The Belgium back three would deal with our threat from set pieces much better than the likes of Umiti, Pavard & Hernandez would IMO.

 

[SweatyMexican]

I see our path here.

Belgium to upset France.

England to squeeze past Croatia.

England beat Belgium, in the game of the century, to win the World Cup.

This might be possible. Maybe.

 

[BensGrandad]

BELGIUM have probably the best back 3 in football with Alderweireld, Kompany and Vertonghen

 

[Giraffe]

Poll(s) added to cover who you want to win and who you think will win, which may be different, possibly.

I've voted Belgium/France.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

France win, for my French friends, and because we had a wonderful time over there a couple of weeks ago.

 

[DavePage]

I do recall two years ago pre-tournament that I was predicting a France Belgium semi-final with England beating the winner in the Final

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

Fancy us to beat Belgium

 

[Weststander]

The de facto final tonight, the two best teams in this tournament to date.

A lazy prediction, following an obvious pattern when two similar quality teams meet in football - whoever scores first, will end up winning.